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GOLD SEEKERS
WILL BE TAXED
Heavy Tribute to Be Ex
acted by Canada in the
Yukon Country.
ASSESSMENT AND ROYALTY
Canadian Government Anx
ious for a Share of Gold.
Fifteen Dollars Tor Registration,
$100 Assessment, 10 l'cr Cent, on
Outputs of 8500, 20 Per Cent, on
Outputs Above Tlint Sum unci Every
Alternntc Claim Tor the Dominion
Government -- Difficulties in the
WnyTho Military Station.
Ottawa, Out., July 28. At the close
of the second sitting of the cabinet
Inst evening It was announced that the
irovernment had decided to lmiiose a
loyalty on all placer diggings In- the
Yukon district In addition to a registra
tion fee of $lfi and $100 annual assess
ment. The royalty will be 10 per cent,
ench on claims with an output of $&00
or less monthly and 20 per cent, on
every claim yielding above that amount
yearly. Besides this royalty, It has
been decided In regard to all future
claims staked out on other streams of
rivers, that every alternate claim
should be the property of the govern
ment and should be reserved for pub
lic purposes and sold or worked by
the government for the benefit of the
revenue of the Dominion.
Minister Paterson was authorized to
send two more customs officers by the
steamer Islander, which sails for the
North tomorrow. The ofllcers will be
taken from the Victoria customs house
and will be accompanied by a couple
of provincial police. They will open
stations, as outposts of Victoria, be
yond the head of Lynn canal, which Is
In disputed territory and at present In
the 1'nlU'd States posseslson, and at
Lake Tagish. There Is a collector at
Fort Cudahy, only fifty miles from
Dawson City, and these arrangements,
backed up by a strong force of police,
are considered ample for the. .protec
tion of revenue just now.
The greatest question of all Is one of
communication. It Is reported that a
pack trail exists for twenty of the
eighty miles, which will seperate the
coast from the first post to lie estab
lished at sixty degrees of latitude In
undisputed British territory. If so a
narrow gauge railway can be built
where there Is a pack trail. The cost
would not be great, and If cars could
be hauled twice a day over the moun
tains facing the coast a tremendous
abstacle would be overcome, because
in winter It Is Impossible to cross the
mountains except at the risk of life,
and to be caught In a storm would be
fatal. The mounted police force will
be increased from 20 to 100. Thomas
Fawcett will be continued as gold
commissioner and the regulation al
read adopted amended.
WAGON ROAD AND RAILWAY.
A strong customs and police post will
be established Just north of the British
Columbia boundary beyond the head of
the Lynn canal, at sixty degrees of
latitude. Estimates will also bo ob
tained of the cost of building a wagon
road and a narrow guage railway from
the coast to this post over the moun
tains. This post, which will bo where
Chllcoot and White passes converge,
will command the southern entrance to
the whole territory. Mounted police
posts will be established from here on
at distances of fifty miles apart, up to
Fort Selkirk. These will be used to
open up a winter road over which
monthly malls will be sent by dog
trains.
If possible a telegraph llnp will be
constructed over the mountains from
the head of the Lynn canal to the first
post. The consent of the authorities
of the United States will be asked In
diplomatic correspondence to a modus
vivendl under which Canada will have
the right of way over the disputed ter
ritory from Lynn canal to the first
mounted police post.
No difficulty Is anticipated In secur
ing the right of way through the little
piece of disputed territory the road and
telegraph line would have to cross to
reach the head of Lynn canal, although
that territory Is now In the United
States possession.
HARDSHIPS TO BR ENDURED.
Seattle, Wash , .luly 28. In an Inter
view with the Asoclated Press corre
spondent, L. M. Turner, who spent
eleven years In Alaska and the Arctic
regions In the employ of the govern
ment, said today: "It is about time to
call a halt on this mad rush to the
Klondike gold fields. Hundreds of men
are golns as far as they can, relying
on others to help them. That help will
be meagre enough, and scores will cer
tainly endure hardrhlps that death
alono will relieve. The transportation
companies cannot possibly accommo
date the number going by way of St.
Michaels. The smull river steamers
will not afford room for one-third the
number going by that route. The pro
visions will have to be furnished by
the transportation companies, and two
thirds of the passengers will board at
St. Michaels or along the Yukon, and
they will not see Dawson City until
next spring. Many of those who go by
way of Dyea will bo compelled to win
ter at the head wateiB of the Yukon."
San Francisco, July 28. Gen. Shatter
is not yet informed as to what portion
of his command, if nny, will be sent
to the Klondyke gold regions. In
structions were received from Wash
ington last evening directing Colonel
Moore, quartermaster of tho depart
ment of California; Colonel Egan, com
missary, and, Dr. Mlddleuin, medical
purveyor, to have in readiness by to-
night the necessary supplies and equip
ments for sixty men for eighteen
months. Dr. 13. L. Eddie, chief surgeon
of the department, was ordered by the
surgeon General to leave San Francis
co, with two hospital stewards and at
tendants, In time to take the steamer
for Alaska at Seattle on August G.
He will be the surgeon In charge at the
new military station to be established
near the gold mines.
FOUND A RICH MINE.
A Pittsburg Oil Jinn's Lucky Strike
in Peru.
Lima, O., July 23. Wallace C. Harbison,
who wus formerly engaged In the oil In
dustry hero with his brother, Charles,
has Just written a letter hero to Samuel
M. Finch In whlph he gives the details
of his wonderful gold mine In Peru, South
America. Harbison, after leaving here,
went to San Francisco with his brother,
Charles E. Harbison, In senrch of petro
leum, and they drilled In the side of the
mountain In California, where they struck
considerable oil. In an attempt to tor
pedo the tunnel. In the ldo of the moun
tain, by a prematuro blast Charles E.
Harbison was killed.
Wallace Harbison, who had been a rep
resentative In tho Pennsylvania legisla
ture from Lawrence county, returned to
Pittsburg and succeeded In enlisting
Charles I. Collins, Joseph Evans and J.
R. Leonard, now of Pittsburg, and mem
bers of the Devonian Oil company, In a
financial way in his plan of going to
Peru where several good wells had been
put down, and where, he believed, other
good wells could be drilled. On the trip
down five of the Harbison party died of
fever.
Harbison and the remaining members
of the party continued to Peru, and event
ually Invaded the Interior.
In his letter to Mr, Finch, who Is a
well-known oil operator of this city, he
states that Instead of finding petroleum
he discovered a gold mine of great value.
Tho output of one of Harbison's claims
was 279 poimds of gold, which Is over
$S3,0O0, for June, and ho has lately pur
chased a mine for $330,000. He writes that
the district lleo partly In Peru and -partly
in Bolivia. It Is reached by steamers,
to Molando, thence by rail to Tltlcaca,
and by steamer over the latter, then by
rail to La Paz. From this point the mule
or broncho Is used to tho mines.
CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY
It Has Nothing to Do with Hnwniinn
Aiiucxntioii--Frospcct of Its Abro
gation. Washington, July 23. Public men in
Washington were generally surprised
when tho announcement was made in the
cable dltpatchts a few days since that
the question of tho Clayton-Bulwer treaty
had been raised In the British parlia
ment In confection with the proposal to
annex the Hawaiian Islands to the Unit
ed States, and were, consequently, pre
pared for the nrponse of the British
government that the one question was not
Involved In the other. The matter is re
Karded here with all tha greater Interest
because both subjects, the validity of
the treaty and the annexation of Hawaii,
aro under consideration by the American
congress and ooth, In all probability, 'will
receive attention during the next session.
Tho senate committee on foreign rela
tions, which has already reported upon
the annexation treaty, has undertaken
an investigation of the present status of
the Clayton-Bulwer convention, and the
general expectation, on account of the
predictions of the members of the sub
committee having the question in charge.
Is that a report will bo favorable to tho
abrogation of tho treaty. It Is understood
that a majority of the members of tho
committee consider that England has by
repeated acts In Central America nulli
fied the treaty. There is also a largo
element In the senate which regards tho
treaty as obnoxious to the Monroe doc
trine. Others look upon It as liable In an In
direct way to have, through Its reference
to tho Nicaragua Canal, a bearing upon
tho Hawaiian question. Those of this class
do not admit that there Is the remotest
reference to Hawaii In the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty, but they claim that Hawaii
and the proposed Isthmian canal, to
which the treaty nan especial reference,
are so closely related as to render the fu
ture bearing of this treaty upon the Ha
waiian problem a matter of Interest. It
Is understood that tho committee will be
prepared to report soon after the con
vening of congress next December. One
of the points of doubt on the part of the
committee Is how tho treaty Is regarded
by tho British government. It appears
that while England has generally acted
In Central American affairs as she would
have been expected to act If there had
been no treaty, tho English authorities
nave never given expression to any of
ficial sentiment as to the continued ef
fect of the agreement mado between Sec
retary Clayton and Sir Lytton Bulwer.
LAKE STEAMER WRECKED.
Cumbrln Kail Into a Drift of Logs.
Passengers Safclv Landed.
Port Huron, Mich., July 2S. The steam
er Cambria of tho Windsor. Detroit and
Soo line, which left Detroit Tuesday noon
with 10U passenger for Sault ste Marie,
was wrecked this morning on Lake Huron,
threo uilfcs north of Parnla. The vessel
ran Into a drift of logs, which had brok
en away f:om a raft. Her paddles wero
biokc-n and then her machinery became
disabled.
TIkj pusssngers were win. with excite
ment but at daylight this morning all
were saf-.'ly landed on the beach and nre
now at Sarnl'i. The Cambria lies on a
sandy bottom exposed to a high west sea
and had commenced to go to pieces before
tho last passenger was taken off. The
Cambria whs a vtsscl of 1,000 tons of tho
old-lashloned sldewheel type. She hail
been doing heavy business the past four
years on the route botween Detroit and
Sault sic Marie via Georgian Buy,
SWEPT BY THE HEAVY SURP.
Board Walks, Bathhouses and Grass
Viols Sulfur.
Asbury Park, N. J July 28. Tho break
ers caused a great deal of damago to the
board walk lust night. At high tide tho
surf washed over tho end of tho fishing
pier and tho lower floor of tho Asbury
pavllllon. The sens knocked out ihe Hoots
and also tore off tho roofs on a section
of tho Fourth avenue group of bath
hoiiM'B, The grass plot between the plank
walk and the bicycle path has been
spoiled above Fourth avenue.
Senator Bradley had all his men at
nork during the night stiffening up tho
bulwarks where they are weak. Tne
board walk between Fourth and Fifth
avenues has been torn up for a hundred
yards.
l'lriimen Win a Suit.
Peoria, III., July 28. A telegram was re
ceived today by the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Firemen saying they had won
their suit against the received of the
Philadelphia, Beading and New England
railroad to prevent reduction of wages
of the roadmen. They were the only or
ganization which went into the court and
fought the reduction. In 1891 thoy won a
similar suit against the Union Paoiflo.
OPERATORS MAKE
NEW AGREEMENTS,
Tbcy Deny That Tbclr Meeting Wag
Prompted by Present Troubles.
NEWS OP THE STRIKE SITUATION
Tho Pittsburg Leader States Tlint
the Strike Will Ho Lost or Won
Within tho Next Ten DaysMinors
Hold on Pluckily nt Vnrious Local
itcs.
Pittsburg, July 28. The operators,
with a few exceptions, want It dis
tinctly understood that the passage of
an agreement whereby all operators
are to adopt a similar system and are
to pay the same relative prlco for
mining, has nothing to do with the
great strike. They wish the miners
to disabuse their minds of any such
theories. The operators have also shut
out the miners' leaders from taking any
part in the conferences that may take
place through questions arising be
tween the operators and miners by In
serting a clause In the agreement stat
ing tho commission shall be composed
of workmen employed ly the subscrib
ers. Heretofore the miners' officials
have represented tho minora, but now
the miners are to grapple with the
questions in dispute alone.
It was. decided that present contracts
could not be made the basis for arbi
tration. Many firms have taken contracts for
a stipulated period at a fixed price. It
Is undci stood that thei-e shall have tho
right to supply the product to 1111 these
contracts at the rate of mining on
which the contracts are based. Here
Is where the miners and operators will
separate.
The attendance at the session was
not as large as the day previous. Op
erators from eighty-five rail mines and
five river mines agreed to take part In
the convention, which is a larger .per
centage than It was hoped to get to
gether. The operators worked smoothly and
few objections were raised to the agree
ment as written. There was a close
vote on the question where the com
mission to be appointed should be priv
ileged to tamper with the differential
in the thick and thin vein regions.
Frank Osborne made a motion to let
It stand as usage and custom has made
it, but W. P. DeArmltt argued that
it the differential was fair and just,
none should fear to have the subject
arbitrated. The vote on the question
resulted In thirteen to have It entire
ly by a commission and eleven to
have it stand as at present. All the
voting was light. Mr. Hoosac almost
broke up the assemblage when he mov
ed to make the agreement become op
eratlvo when seventy-five operators
signed it. Objections were raised to
this motion and J. B. Zerbe, who acted
as chairman, hesitated to put the mo
tion. Ho said the whole agreement
would soon be void, and the motion was
an obstruction. The vote was then
taken and resulted in six to make it
seventy-five per cent, and fourteen to
make it ninety-five per cent.
THE END IS NEAR.
Pittsburg, July 2S. Tho Plttsburs
Leader today prints what is claimed
to be the Inside developments of the
labor leaders' conference at Wheeling
yesterday. The strike, it says, will be
lost or won within the next ten days
or two weeks. The plan of campaign
mapped out has fixed that point to a
certainty.
T. H. Morrlssey, of the Railroad
Flromens' union, opposed the sugges
tion of Ratchford to place the West
Virginia campaign in the hands of
Debs. He said that while he had a
deep regard for Debs, the corporations
and the courts were prejudiced against
him, and he believed his pathway
would be a hard one. Tho naming of
a man to manage the West Virginia
campaign was postponed by President
Ratchford, who said ho would make
the appointment within the next twenty-four
hours.
Kansas City, Mo., July 28. A local
paper says: If the shipment of coal
from the mines of Missouri and Kansa:
to eastern points continue to increase
as rapidly as they have in the past few
days, there will be no Immediate dang
er of any factories having to close for
want of fuel. It Is claimed hundreds
of car loads of coal aro being trans
ferred here and sent to fill orders of tho
eastern operators. Much of the coal
was billed to Chicago care of the Pan
Handle road for shipment, It is alleged,
to the strike district. Several trains
of coal were sent east Tuesday night
and laborers were busy again today
transferring and reloading cars.
Marissa, 111., July 28. Strikers ar
rived here last night nnd got the men
of the four mines here to come out to
day under protest. Three years ago
Marissa miners went out and were
left to "hold tho bag." They are doing
well again and protest against strik
ing. Merchants and business men
threaten to close up business if the
miners strike.
Clarksburg, W. Va July 2S. The lo
cal branch of the United Mine Work
ers of America, which was inaugurated
here Monday, has hired the Grand Ar
my Republic hall and Is now holding
nightly meetings. The leader of tho
union says- that about half of the min
ers have taken the obligation and be
fore the last of the week four-fifths
will have Joined, and that Immediate
action will be taken.
Pittsburg, July 28. D. B. Blackburn,
a river operator, says tho coal ex
change cannot take action on the uni
formity plan, as It Is not composed en
tirely of coal operators. The river op
erators, he says, generally favor uni
formity find will sign tho contiact.
Tho striking miners are preparing for
the big meeting at DeArmltt's mines
tomorrow. It will be held in McCrea
school house, about equally distant
from the three mines. With tho as
sistance of Debs, Gompers, Ratchford
and others, the officials hope to Induce
the men to Join the miners' strike
movement.
Town of l'rnttsburg Flooded.
Corning, N. Y July 2S. The village
of Prattshurg was nearly swept away
Monday night by a flood caused by n
cloudburst a few miles up the valley. The
creeks aro all overflowed and tho bridges
are swept away. The damago is said to
bo $20,090.
GLASS WORKERS' SCALE.
Will Uo Decided Upon by the Joint
Wage Committee This Wcnk.
Philadelphia, July 23. The Joint wage
committee of the Window Gluss Work
ers' association of tho United Slates
gathered hero this afternoon preparatory
to holding a conference for tho purpose
of deciding upon a wage scale for tho
coming year to be submitted to the manu
facturers. Tho first meeting will be held
tomorrow and President Burns stated this
evening that the revision of mo scale
would probably occupy tho time of the
conference until Saturday. Tho delcgntss
hero compose the wage committees of the
eastern, western and northern districts.
In addition to President Simon Burns, of
Pittsburg, and Secretary Paul St. Peter,
also of Pittsburg, those In attendance
aro as follows:
Western district C. W. Laurens, George
L. Perkins, Albert Williams, Charles
Bryant, Charles Harding, John A, Kenley,
T. W. Coon and Samuel Glthens.
Northern district Walter Busby, Joseph
H. Grant, William 11. Andrews, Charles
Waters, Eugene Chevalier, Edward Rob
son, Charles Kline nnd John Waters.
Eastern, district Lewis Mnrks, William
Marks, j'nseph Biggins, Jason Garton,
Charles Knott, William Gehrlng, G. Read
Wescott anU Charles Wllscy.
TRAGEDY OF A
SEA COLLISION.
British linrkciitiuo Florence Sinks
nnd Four. Members of tho Crew nnd
tho Captain's Wlto I'crisli-.Story
of tho Wreck.
Boston, July 23. The Allan line steam
er Scandinavian ai rived this afternoon
from Glasgow and brought with her fho
four survivors of tho crew of the British
barkcntlne Florence, Captain Henry Ol
sen, which was sunk In a collision with
Ihe Scandinavian last Saturday, while in
a dense fog twenty miles south of Cape
Race. Four members of the crew were
drowned, together with the wife of Cap
tain Olson. The Florence was bound from
Sydney, C. II., to St. Johns, N. F., with
a cargo of coal.
The men who lost their lives were:
NOAH NOHUIS, cook, aged 51 years.
WILLIAM YABSLEY, aged 25 years, a.
nephew of the captain's wife.
JAMES NOPJMAiN, seaman, aged 32 years.
WILLIAM FRYE, seaman, aged 33 years,
of Poole, England.
The former threo wero from St. Johns,
N. F.
Captain Olsen said:
"We left port on Tuesday, the 20th Inst.,
for St. Johns, N. F. On Saturlay, after
being nearly three days In the fog and
standing In all that time In the direc
tion of Cape Race, N. F., thinking we
were appronV.ilng land, I ordered tho ves
sel put about on the starboard tack. At
10.20 p. m., the shrill blast of a sttamsr'3
whistle was heard right abeam, and be
fore the sound died away there loomed
up, making directly for us, the huge hull
of an ocean steamer.
"I was below whfn tho first Intimation
came of tho steamer's approach, and was
hurriedly called tn deck by the lookout.
On the way out of the cabin I called to
my wife, nnd she In turn aroused First
Mate Edward Brodnlck. who had come off
watch at. noon, and was In his bunk.
Hardly had he reached the deck when
the steamer, which proved to bo the
Scandinavian, was upon. Sho struck us
on the port sldo between the main and
mlzzen rigging, and before her headway
was M- pped, she went half way through
us. Whllo tho vessels were locked to
gether we wero In no Immediate danger,
except from falling spars, which wero
dropping alt about us on tho decks. Tho
order to reverse the steamer's engines,
which had been given when wo wero
first sighted, soon had the effect of
breaking her away from us, and In about
three minutes after she pulled her sharp
bow out of the gaping hole In tho side of
our vessel, the Florence went down stern
first, In 90 fathoms of water. Of the ves
sel's crew, Norrls, the cook, Habsley and
Norman were never seen after the ves
sel struck us, and they probably were
asleep In tho forecastle.
"When the Impact came Ole Olsen, the
boatswain and Seaman Robert Essens
Jumped Into the main rigging and wero
soon followed by Mate Brodnlck, and all
three men swung themselves on to tho
steamer's deck by means of the lower
guard, "being assisted In doing so by tho
carpenter of the stonier. Poor Frye ap
peared at tne sldo of the vessel Just be
fore she wont down. A rope was thrown
him by his shipmates on board the steam
er and he was pulled half way up tho
steamer's sldo, when he relaxed his hold,
fell back Into tho water, and was never
seen again."
The captain was too much overcome to
tell of the drowning of his wife.
P".'.'IIDE FOR HER RIVAL.
Mrs. Astry Lashes Her Iltisbnnd's
Admirer in a Cur.
Chicago, III., Julj 28. Mrs. Mary As
try, of No. 3C20 Wontworth avenue, 60
years of age, boarded a car In Wabash
avenuo today. Mrs. Emma Duncan, of
Wnbash avenue and Forty-seventh street,
young and fashionably attired, had
boarded the car Just before. Mrs. Astry
drew a rawhide, and a dozen times cut
tho young woman across tho face, back
and neck.
The conductor put her off tho car, but
tho aged woman sprang upon tho foot
board and again piled the lash. Then she
went home, packed up her effects and
prepared to end twenty-nlno years of
married llfo by leaving her husband, Jo
seph Astry, and going to live with rela
tives in New -Haven, Ind. She charges
Mrs. Duncan with alienating Mr. Astry's
affections.
MASH1NG0MB1 SLAIN.
British Troops Win n Victory Over
Nude Snvagcs of South Alrica.
London, July 28. Right Hon, Joseph
Chamberlain, secretary of stato for tho
colonies, has received a despatch from
her majesty's high commissioner at tho
Cape, stating that In tha fighting at Fort
Martin, near Hartley, South Africa, on
Saturday, the noted chief, Mashlngombl,
was slain, and between 400 and COO of his
follow ri'H wero taken prisoners,
Tho government forces occupied all tho
positions at Marllea Kraal, where they
captured more than one hundred prison
ers. Death of Judge Dnyton.
Trenton. N. J., July 2S.-Judgo William
L. Dayton, of tho New Jersey court of
criora and appeals, was stricken with
paralysis and died today. Judgo Day
ton, was 68 years old, was formerly
United States minister to Tho Hague and
had also filled other important govern
ment offices,
Steamship News.
Southampton, July 28. Arrived: New
York, New York, cleared: Normannlu,
Hamburg.
Sailed: Paris, Southampton; Brittanlc,
Liverpool; Noordland, Antwerp.
Booterdam Arrived: Veendam, Now
York.
Sailed: Obdam, New York. ,
TRIMMING THE
BIG SEARCHLIGHT
Ellas Decmcr Names Ills Lieutenants In
tbc Work of Reform.
JOHN 0. Al'ASKIE IN THE LIST
Secretary Van Vnlkonhurg Says Tlint
tho Business Men's League Will
Lift a Scnrchlight by Whoso Blaze
tho Citizens of Pennsylvania May
Jtcnd a Record of Dereliction.
Philadelphia., July 28. Ellas Decmer,
Wllllamsport, president of the Business
Men's Republican League, of Pennsyl
vania, today made public the names
of the members of the state executive
committee, as follows: Rudolph Blank
cnburg, chairman, Philadelphia; Thos.
Hnopes, West Chester; S. L. French,
Plymouth; John Meigs, Pottstown;
'Robert tS. Mooreheud,, North East;
Charles L. Tracy, Towanda; W. C.
Watson, Indiana; John G. McAskle,
Scrnnton.
The reason assigned for tho appoint
ment of tho executive committee at
tills time is tho-desire of the members
of the league all over tho state to be
gin work at once In anticipation of the
contest of next year.
According to Secretary Van Valken
hurg, the activity of the league is an
answer to Senator Quay's challenge
to "carry the fiery cross over Pennsyl
vania" between now nnd the assembl
ing of tho next legislature. The league
he says, does not propose to carry a
"fiery cross," but It proposes "to lift
a searchlight by whose blaze the citi
zens of Pennsylvania will he enabled
to read a record of political dereliction,
shortcoming and shame, the like of
which has not been seen in Pennsyl
vania In a quarter of a century."
On the word of several of Its ofllcers,
it proposes to make a demonstration
this fall which will be In some re
spects quite startling, but thoy do not
care, as yet, to outline what shape this
demonstration will take.
THE CALCIUM AND
SILICON ARRIVE
First Vessels of the (recnluiid Fleet
Reach J.'litlndclphiii--Will Make
Another. Voyngc This Season.
Philadelphia, July 23. Tho barks Cal
cium and Silicon, the first of the Green
land fleet to reach hero this season from
Ivlgtut ai rived here today with cargoes
of kryollte. Tho vessels encountered
rough passages attended by the many
risks nnd hardships known to Arctic
navigators. The Calcium left here on
March 17, and after a rough passage
reached Ivlgtut April 27. It took until
May 27 to load, and on her homeward pas
sago she met with fierce winds and seas,
and was forced by the ico Into the har
bor of Nasollk, whero she was held cap
tive for three weeks. Sho sustained no
serious damage. The Silicon Is also In
good condition, although she too had a
rough passage. When these vessels left
Ivlgtut the steamers Fox and Thobl3 and
the barks Traveler, Serene, Salena and
Fluorlve were loading. Last year but two
cargoes of krycllte reached here.
It Is calculated that all of the fleet
will this season he ablfi to make another
round voyage. Captain Smith, of tho Cal
cium, says that foi nome time after the
arrival of the vessel at Ivlgtut terrific
snowstorms prevnlled. The Inhabitants of
Greenland and especially In that locality
north from Ivlgtut had suffered gieatly
during the. winter, for want of fuel. They
had not sufficient to cook the fish caught
and during tho greater part of the season
had been forced to live on raw meat.
COLORED EDITOR SHOT.
While Engaged in Controversy Is
Killed by an Unknown Assnssin.
Montgomery, Ala., July 28. Editor Pat
terson, of the Argos, the colored paper
here, was shot and killed shortly after
noon today In the Columbus Street Col
ored Baptist church. A conference was
In progress nt tho tlmo and the admis
sion of Brown, the deposed pastor of the
Dexter Avenue Baptist church, was
under discussion. Pattorson opposed
Browns admission and Stokes, pastor of
the Columbus street church, favored It.
Hot words ensued. Patterson struck
Stokes In the face, when the report of a
pistol was heard and Patterson fell dead.
Several arrests havo been mado and there
Is groat exoltement among the negroes.
A negro man named Prltchett was
caught about a mllo from town by a
negro posse and confessed to having shot
Patterson. He is In Jail.
BLOOD IN A BROKERS OFFICE.
W. Lnmdcm Kills Two of tho Kivntt
Brothers.
Waco, Tox July 28. In tho stock brok
erage office of C. E. Trice & Co,, today,
B. F, Kivett and W. W. Klvett were shot
nnd kilted by W. Lamden, a member of
tho firm. Bad feeling has existed between
tho Klvett brothers and Lamden for some
time, 'growing out of charges mado by
the relatives of Lamden and a sister of
tho Klvetts.
Two moro of tho Klvett brothers armed
themselves and proceeded to the scene of
the shooting, threatening to kill Lamden,
but they were not allowed to enter. Tho
killing Is universally looked upon as Jus
tillable. THREE INDIANS KILLED.
Thoy Aro Caught Under rt Wrecked
llnggngo Car and Crushed.
Sacramento, Cal July 28. Westbound
Atlantic express No. 2 was wrecked to
day one mllo east of Verdi, Nevada. The
engine struck a broken rail, and toppled
over. Three Indians who were riding on
tho front platform of the baggago cor
were crushed to death under tho wreck
age. Two mall clerks wero slightly bruised
and a number of passengers suffered
from contusions.
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KILLED IN A RUNAWAY.
Peoria, III., July 28. In a runaway to
day down Knoxvllle avenue, Miss Grace
White, living near Chicago, leaped cut
of the carriage and alighted head first
on the brick ptvement and was Instantly
killed. Tho carriage ihen collided with
u wagon and Mrs. Peter Spurcka, a
wealthy Peoria lady, and Miss Klrschotf,
her slftcr-ln-law, were thrown out. Mr3.
Spurcka's head struck the pnvement arid
bho Is not expected to live.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington, July 28. The following
pensions have been issued: Original Dan
iel E. Htuellne, Scranton, Lackawanna.
NO TERMS WITH NICHOLSON.
l'ho Trouble nt tho Sterling Mine Is
Still Unsettled. -' ,
Altoona, Pa July 2X. Tho trouble at
Sterling mine, Hastings, Is still unset
tled. This morning Lawyer Shoemaker
went from Ebensburg to Hastings to look
after the Interests of tho strikers. Tho
two men arrested at the Instance of Sup
erintendent Nicholson on tho charge of
attempting to burn tho tlpplo at No. 3,
havo bean released on ball. Superintend
ent Nicholson has since been arrested
on tho charge of perjury. Ho will also
be charged with robbing the miners of
five hundred cars of coal during tho
month of Juno by his method of paying
drivers out of the coal mined. Nicholson
called a meeting of the men for yesterday
at which ho proposed to make a reason
able proposition, but none of tha men re
sponded. They Insist that no terms can
bo mado with Nicholson and that thoy
will not work under him. They havo
passed resolutions to that effect. The
strike nt tho Mitchell mine has ended
favorably to the miners, SehlfTer St Smith,
the operators, having granted the dis
trict prlco nnd accepted the chcckwclgh
man proposed by the K'jn, The Mitchell
miners went to work this morning.
POSTAL PARCEL BLEW UP.
Startling nnd Mysterious Kxploslun
in Ccrmnuy.
Berlin, July 28. Whllo posta employes
wero transferring mall from orie cart to
another today In front of tho postofllco
at the Potsdam railway station, one of
tho parcels suddenly exploded, Injuring
an employe severely.
Tho address on the package could not
be deciphered 'from the fragments. The
pollco nre making Investigations as to Its
origin and destination.
GOVERNOR VETOES
EXCURSION BILL
The illcnsuro Appropriating $5,000
to Pay Expenses Incurred by tho
Legislature in Attending tho Un
veiling of Grunt's Tomb Not Ap
proved. Harrlsburg, July 2S. Governor Hnstlngo
today approved bills appropriating $120,
000 to tho Medlco-Chlrurlglcal hospital,
of Philadelphia, and $50,000 to the Phila
delphia Commercial museum, The first
measure called for an appropriation of
$160,000, but the trustees of the hospital
have filed with State Treasurer Haywood
a paper abating $40,000 from the second
Item appioprlatcd, reducing the entire
appropriation to $120,000.
Bills appropriating $030 to pay the ex
penses of the capitol tire investigation,
and $3,000 to cover the expenses incurred
by the legislature in attending the un
veiling of the Grant tomb In New York
city and dedication of the Washington
monument In Philadelphia wero vetoed
on the ground of being Improper expendi
tures of the public funds.
D. AND H. IS BOOMING.
The Company lias Earned a Largo
Iucrcnse Over Last Year.
New York, July 28. At the monthly
meeting of the board of managers of the
Delawaro and Hudson Canal company to
day the question of refunding the $10,
000,0u0 of seven nnd eight per cent. 30
year bonds of tho Albany nnd Susquehan
na railroad, which Is lpasod by tho Canal
company, was discussed, but no action
was taken. Tho opinion prevails that ac
tion will bo taken In a short time.
In financial circles It is said that the
Delaware and Hudson company earned
a large Increase In operations over the
corresponding months of last year, and
tho report for this month Is gratifying
to the directors.
DISASTROUS HAMMER STROKE.
A Spnrk from a Nail Causes n Loss of
$10,000.
Olean, N. Y July 28. Tho stroke of a
hammer upo a nail caused a $10,000 flra
yosterdsy and eleven men nurrowly es
caped being burned to death. The men
were new-roofing a 33.000 barrel oil tank,
which was filled with '-rudo oil, when It
was discovered that tho oil had Ignited
from a spark caused ns ahove stated.
A tush was mado for the stairway and
ntne of tho men made their escape by that
means, the two others being obliged to
seek safety by Jumping Into a tree anl
going down Its trunk.
Drowned in Lake .llcmphroinngog.
Newport, Vt., July 28. A small row
boat containing Mrs, J. Fuller, her 7-year-old
son nnd her sister, Miss Chllson,
all of Springfield, was capsized In Lako
Memphremagog yesterday afternoon. Tho
women were rescued, but the boy sank
before aid could reach him. Tho acci
dent was caused by the women trying to
change seats when about 500 feet from
shore.
School Tonchor Acquitted.
Guthrie, Okla., July 28. Miss Grace AI
len, the Kansas school teacher on trial
nt Chandler, was acquitted today on tho
charge of poisoning Miss Phronla Eckes,
her rival, and the latter'B mother. In the
arguments, It was asserted that the wo
men were poisoned with ague medicine,
which tho family was known to have
used. The verdict has the commendation
of the public.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indications Todays
Ctenerally Palrl Wurmer.
1 Telegraph Canada Wants Tribute
from Yukon Gold Seekers.
President McKlnley Isuues an Import
ant Civil Service Order.
State Reformers Getting Ready for
Work,
Coal Operators Make New Agreements,
2 Sport Base Ball Games of a Rainy
Day.
Tonight's Boxing Bout at Musk) Hall,
3 Local Taylor Council In a Tumoll.
K. of P. Arrangements for the Btatc
Convention.
4 Editorial.
A Romance of Klondike.
5 Local Catholic Tcnchors' Institute.
The Fire Gtng Must Go.
6 Loral West Sldo and City Suburban,
7 Iackawanna County News.
8 Neighboring County Hnppcnlngs,
Whitney's News Budget.
Financial and Commercial.
MR. M'KINLEY
ON REFORM
He Issues an. Order Ex
tending the Classi
fied List.
GOOD OFFICIALS PROTECTED
The Substantiation of Charges
Requisite to Dismissal.
Certain Customs and Internal
llcvcmto Ofllcers Evompt from tho
Competitive Systcm--Tho Now Or
der in tho Spirit of Civil Service
ltcform--Indorscd by tho Fcdernl
Commission nnd the Treasury De
partment, Which It Affects.
Washington, July 2S. One of tho
most Important orders ever promul
gated concerning the civil service was
Issued today by President McKlnley.
The most significant part of the order
Is an amendment to rule 2 of tho Civil
service law, protecting employes from
unwarranted removal. A second
amendment Is designed to Include in
the classified service the employes of
all customs house'ofllces without regard
to the number of employes. The third
amendment to the rules removes about
450 ofllces from the classified service.
With regard to the amendment In
cluding n new class of employes In the
classified list, It is stated that hither
to the class embraced customs offices1
where the number of employes was
five or more. This particular order
brings into the classified service 05
hitherto unclassified customs ofllces.
All of the changes recommended by
President McKlnley today have the ap
proval of President Proctor and tho
other members of the civil service com
mission, and were definitely decided
on at a conference batween the com
missioners and the president yesterday
afternoon.
EXCEPTIONS NAMED. .
Rule six of the civil service law has
been made to read as follows: "Cus
tom house service, one cashier in each
customs district, onejclilef or princi
pal deputy or assistant collector In
each customs district, one principal
deputy collector at each subport or sta
tion. "Internal revenue service One em
,Ployo in each internal revenue district,
'who shall net as cashier or chief depu
ty or assistant collector as may bo
determined by the treasury depart
ment; one deputy collector In each In
ternal revenue district where tho num
ber of employes in tho office of tho col
lector exceeds four: one deputy col
lector ill- each stamp (or branch) of
fice. "Appointments to the positions nam
ed in this rule In the custom houso
service and in the internal revenue ser
vice shall be subject to an examination
to be prescribed by the secretary of
the treasury not disapproved by tho
commissioner, equal to the examination
held by the commission for positions
of like grade. Such examinations shall
le conducted by the commission In ac
cordance with its regulations."
NUMBEB OF OFFICERS AFFECTED
The following figures, showing the
number of employes affected by Presi
dent McKlnley's order, were- obtain
ed at the customs and Internal revenue,
divisions of the treasury today:
Removed from classified list: Cus
toms Cnshlers, deputies and assist
ants, 228. Internal revenue Deputies,
collectors, 63; deputies (where number
in each otllce exceods four), 41; stamp
offices, IIS; total, 430. Now ofllcers
classified: Customn officers. CS.
The Important order concerning re
moval of employes Is as follows:
"No removal s-hall bo madw from any
position subject to competitive exam
ination except for Just cause and upon
written charges filed with the head
department or their appointing officer,
and of which the accusod shall have
full notice and an opportunity to makn
defense."
The Importance of this order, In tho
opinion of sincere civil service reform
ers can hardly be over-ertlmnted. If
such a rule as this had existed hereto
fore, tho long investigation of abuses
of the civil service law being conduct
ed by the special senate committee
would never have been necessary.
M'KINLEY'S GREAT-GRANDFATHER.
President Cots tho Revolutionary
Itecord of David McKiulcy.
York, Pa., July 28. Through tho cour
tesy of E. W. Spungler, of this city, Pros
Ident McKlnley -Is now In possession of
tho revolutionary war record of David
-v.-KlnJey, his great-grandfather. David
McKlnley was a resident of this country
during tho revolution, and served In a
York county company.
The roaturs of the companies from this
region aro In tho possession of Miss Car
rie Hay, granddaughter of Lieutenant
Colonel John Hay, who furnished to Mr.
Spangler the one containing tho record,
of David McKlnley.
Disastrous Drop at u Lantern.
Phllllpsburg, N. J., July !8. Georga
Mackey, a farmer of near Asbury, went
to tho hay mow of his barn with a lan
tern to close the windows last night. Ths
lantern fell out at his hands and set lira
to the hay, which burned so rapidly that
Mackey came near losing his life.
The Herald's Wenther Forecast,
New York, July 20. The Herald's weath
er forecast. In the Middle States today
partly cloudy to fair, warmer wcathor and
fresh northerly to northwesterly winds
will provall, proceeded by cloudiness and
postlbly rain on tho coast north of Caps
May and In New England cloudy, slightly
warmer weather and hilsk northeasterly
winds, with rain on the coast. On Fri
day n both of these flections partly
cloudy to fair and decidedly warmer
wcatlier will prevail with variable wUids.
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